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[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 128 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

the project 2025 stuff has felt far away until now but calling it the department of government efficiency is actually terrifying, it sounds like something you'd hear under nazi germany

edit: I looked into it more and it seems to just be about the government spending/budget but it's annoyingly unspecific, makes me wonder what they're gonna cut first

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 58 points 2 days ago

Almost anyone who has argued for more efficiency in recent years just meant deregulation.

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

i think it sounds (unironically) like something from 1984, e.g. the "ministry of truth" (censorship department) or the "ministry of peace" (war department)

[–] braxy29@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i'm trying to find what they (project 2025) are intending to rename health and human services. don't find it at the moment but it's definitely some orwellian bullshit. "ministry of life" or something.

edit - department of life

Yep, with the re-election on trump, USA just took a big leap towards the dystopia of 1984

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They won't cut any actual spending, just the benefits from the spending. They'll redirect those funds right into their own pockets.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

NASA's budget for R&D is going to be absolutely annihilated. Coincidentally, their spending budget for private contractors isn't going to be. Even more coincidentally, it won't be Blue Origin or Virgin Galactic getting that sweet, sweet government contracts.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Something will be trickling down on us, but it ain't gonna be money.

Spoiler: it will probably be microplastics and aerisolized lead once they get to the EPA and sell it to "carbon capture" companies.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Shit rolls downhill. Money flows up the ladder.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago

It always at least attempts to be innocent on the surface such that they and their supporters can point to the words whenever someone else shines a light on the shitty actions. I feel like one of them writing that but we have decades and decades of evidence showing just how bad shit like that is gunna get under conservatives soooo…

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's going to take the same approach he did to Twitter. Just up and fire half the employees. He didn't do a detailed analysis, it's just mass firing.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because there's literally zero fallout for him, ever. He can't fuck up enough to face repercussions. Now that he's got orangishblob backing him he can literally kill a bunch of people without consequences.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Failing upwards.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Maybe OSHA so that he can make his factories as ~~dangerous~~ efficient as possible

[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

Medicaid and social security. You don’t have to wonder